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What do I do? I am a Research Sciences Librarian with Bucknell
University's Information Services and Resources (ISR). I am the Social Sciences Librarian and am responsible for collection development, library instruction and other liaison responsibilities for the Management,
Economics, Political Science, Education, Sociology and Antrhopology departments. In addition, I am liaison to one humanities department, East Asian Studies, and to several administrative areas: Small Business Development, University Relations and the Career Development Center.

Scholarly Communication is a special focus of my job. According to the ALA site, Scholarly communication is the system through which research and other scholarly
writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly
community, and preserved for future use. One of the fundamental characteristics
of scholarly research is that it is created to facilitate inquiry and knowledge.
The majority of scholars develop and disseminate their research with little or
no expectation of direct financial reward. Along with Chemistry Professor Dee Casteel, Nancy Dagle (Interim Co-Director of ISR/ Director of Library Services), and I attended the 2006 ACRL/ARL Institute on Scholarly Communication.